I really like Brave, is there any reason to actively switch over to something like Arc?
Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
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Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#22Sadly I've been on the waitlist ever since this was mentioned.
5 invites here https://arc.net/gift/9534a0b0
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#23Sadly I've been on the waitlist ever since this was mentioned.
Another 5 invites are here
https://arc.net/gift/b147d620
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#24NOTHING mentioned on this page can't be done natively or with extensions in other browsers. What is so revolutionary about it? And I won't even mention the landing page for the browser itself which is just 2 page scrolls of "Arc is a browser and more..." with signup links for the wainting list, no description of what it is, what it does, nothing.
There is more text here: https://thebrowser.company
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#25Arc is pretty unique in that is does away with bookmarks and instead sorts your tabs into three "tiers"
- Favorites, pretty much like pinned tabs in every other browser, but these feel more durable, accidentally navigating away is not a thing and Arc doesn't really open multiple windows.
- Pinned, which are bookmarks and tabs at the same time.
- Today, which are ephemeral tabs that are automatically purged after 12 hours, but easy to bring back.
It almost feels like they managed to make a hybrid of a browser and something like Rambox, and I do like it for that. It is great for muscle memory (favorite/pinned tabs always in the same place) and easy context switching. I wouldn't call it revolutionary, but it certainly is a lot more polished than other niche browsers. For now they also don't add too many "why is this here" features, which are hard to avoid in any browser these days.
It's great for a particular type of person: Someone who uses a lot of web apps but never cleans out any of their tabs, except all at once to start from scratch.
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#26I’ve been using Arc for the past 4 months or so and it’s so good that when logging into my old comp and realizing I was going to use Safari or Chrome I immediately went and downloaded it.
The sidebar took me about a week to get used to. The tan manager and “launcher” cmd+t UX is a delight.
I actually look forward to Thursday’s new releases to see what features they’ve shipped. I can’t wait for a good version of their iOS browser (the current is just too bare feature-wise for me right now).
I think I would end up paying a modest monthly fee to use arc on all my machines. It’s such a refreshing take on using the web.
I think I have 3 invites left if anyone wants one. Just let me know
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#27Arc is still just a fancy Chrome front-end. I refuse to use Chrome-based browsers just to keep things non-monocultural on the web. Even though I do know it's a losing battle.
> I refuse to use Chrome-based browsers just to keep things non-monocultural on the web. Even though I do know it's a losing battle.
It was a losing battle to make anything other than Internet Explorer a first-class citizen on the web—until the alternatives became so much better that users and developers switched because they wanted to, not because they should. (Which is to say, keep up the fight—today's it a Google monopoly, but people do look at their usage stats, and a minuscule percentage using a non-Chrome browser is still better than 0.)
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#28I had dismissed this as yet another tab management browser widget thingy, but I took a closer look at it. To me, what is really standout, is what they have done with "spaces." They are basically profiles, which is something no browser currently does well. Ultimately it comes down to being a cookie manager to an extent. I love the idea that I can have different accounts for various projects, and when I switch between…
Sidebery for Firefox is integrated with profiles pretty well. In general, the article seems to be an overly excited marketing pitch for yet another closed source Chromium-based browser, the main feature of which seems to be a... vertical tab bar? Which seems to be mimicking Sidebery to a close degree? Underwhelming.
As someone that has actually used the browser for the past few months, it’s really about the flow and UX. Arc fits in the MacOS environment and has many small flourishes that just feel good.
There has been a steady stream of new features, my favorite one being Peek which opens up a temporary page on top of the one your current tab.
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#29Arc is still just a fancy Chrome front-end. I refuse to use Chrome-based browsers just to keep things non-monocultural on the web. Even though I do know it's a losing battle.
Do you mean Chromium based or is it literally Chrome behind it?
Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
#30Here’s 5 more invites: